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I'm running Terex, Grove and Tadano...and you're correct about the "do not fuck around"...I do pick&carry up to 60,000lbs, zero rotation clearance picks with no outriggers, strictly rubber and with as much as 60ft of boom in the air, mind you never below 60°>...but I'll tell you this, notwithstanding the quality of LIEBEHR I'll go with Tadano any day of the week, they are one tough crane and very forgiving if by some chance you end up in the tipping zone, provided the boom isn't luffing down at a fast speed if you get into the tipping zone the carrier will squat before it rolls allowing to recover and reverse the luffing direction.

@@bobdole9...agreed...
xcept that I didn't know I was going to be fielded a question that required that response.

And piss off(or on) all your co-workers? You wouldn't have a job, or a life, for very long.

@TheSimulacra...HA...with the way this world is today that would get me on the evening news....just a point of interest, I was able to climb down and hide my body between the front wheel and the fender, the wheel itself is over 6ft in diameter and 28" wide, and I pissed so much that one of the 3" bilge pumps stalled out but what a relief it was, almost spiritual of a sort...but I do appreciate your suggestion and will give it serious consideration if working on a site where the workers are predominantly female

I usually arch my shoulders back and move my pelvis forward when its been a few days and I know its gonna be a larger one. I dont give my wife a heads up or anything. Its how we have so many kids.

@PotatoWhisperer2...that is not a dumb retarded question and I commend your practical sense of wonder and desire to expand your horizons by way of the information provided in my answer...normally Rough Terrain Cranes are designed with a fixed counter weight distance relative to the wide range of "moment forces" corresponding to the load chart.
ALL TERRAIN CRANES, STANDARD MOBILE CRANES, CONVENTIONAL CRAWLER OR MOBILE CONVENTIONAL CRANES do have extendable counter weights, hanging counter weights or "ringer style" counter weights, the reason for the extendable CWT is to obviously counter the moment forces, D×W from C/R (center of rotation) that would cause the tipping axis to be compromised, but, the Xtra CWT does not add to structural stability, those forces directly correspond to the Modulus of Elasticity and Tensile strength of the boom and super structure's material and design...I don't know any other way of explaining it other than with the terminology that I've been trained, certified and work with....but no doubt you're capable of understanding the jargon...in short the extendable CWT is for lifts at a far radius and not for close, increased angle work (generally 70-80°)

@PotatoWhisperer2...as I recoil in revulsion...

Sand is very incompatible with anything but a crawler crane and the telescopic ability of the hyd boom is unbeatable, I'm guessing you're doing units with multiple or two modules at a weight of between 20,000 and 28,000lbs with a spreader system for the rigging?